Firmware Engineering Internship, Sofar Ocean

• Experience writing C/C++ firmware to run on microcontrollers
• Experience handling embedded hardware boards like Arduino and Raspberry Pi
• Available to work for 10 weeks in San Francisco

Desirable

• As a Spotter Firmware Engineering Intern, you will help build the embedded software that powers the Spotter platform
• In this role, you’ll work closely with experienced firmware and hardware engineers to develop, test, and improve low-power embedded systems that operate in some of the harshest environments on Earth
• This is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with real-world ocean technology while contributing to a global ocean sensing network
• Summer 2026: June 29 - August 21st. We ask for a minimum of 10 weeks
• Get familiar with the Spotter hardware and firmware code
• Design test scenarios that isolate key issues
• Modify configurations and firmware applications to implement tests
• Analyze data from soak tests
• Debug electrical problems
• Debug and optimize network traffic hot code paths
• Collaborate with the firmware team to overcome issues
• Possible projects:
• Increase the number of nodes that a real Bristlemouth network can support
• Building Bristlemouth file transfer applications
• And more! There are many impactful projects on the to-do list - we want to hear what you'd love to work on!